Improvement in ironing-tables



inith %brte5 JAMES H. MALLORY, 0F LA PORTEQINDIANA.

Leners Patent No. 109,918, dat-ea December e, 1870.

IMPROVEMENI IN IRONlNG-TABLES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part 'of thesame.

1'0 all whom it may concern: s

Be it known that I, JAMES H. MALLORY,` of" La Porte, in the county of LaPorte and State of Indiana,

have invented a new and valuable Improvement in" ironing-Tables; and Ido hereby declare that the fol-.

lowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription :of thev construction andoperation of the same, reference be`-- ing had to the annexed drawingmaking a part of this specification and to the lcttei-sandliguresofmeference marked thereon.'

Figure 1 of the drawing is Lbottoru view of my in'- vention.

Figure 2 is a central vertical section ofthesanle.

My invention relates/to .an 'mprovernent on my folding ironing-table,for which etters Patent were granted to me March l, 1870; and

Itconsists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, wherebythe height of' the table can be easily and readily adjusted to suit theconvenience of the person using the same.

The letter A ofthe drawing designates the top of the table made in theusual elongated oval form.

B represents the longer legs of the table, hinged to the under side ofthe ironing-board A,`at the larger end of the saine.

C represent-s the shorter legs of the table, having their ends arrangedto' fit into stop-niortises in the ironing-board.

Dis the spring, which keeps the board Aduly pressed down against theends of the legs C.

All the above parts appear in the patent above The improvement consistsin making the table adjustable, as hereinafter described. j E representsan arm, provided with the adjusting v perfor-ations a a,- and pivoted tothe bolt b of the hinge bywhich the legs B are attached to the end ofthe ironing-board.

F designates a lodv passing through the legs C, and 'securing the sameto the arm E.

c represents a shoulder, formed on each of' the legs C, and ,designed toabut against the adjacent bar of the leg B.

In one of the legs C is xed a piu, e,.designed to slide in a slot, n, inthe adjacent bar of the legs B.4

' A pivoted stop, d, is attached to the under side of this leg'B, whichis designed to abut against the atljacent leg G, when they are braced inposition.

By adjusting the rod F in the perfor-ations of the arm E, the height ofthe table may be regulated at will.

In combination, the board A, legsU, spring D, arm

E, shoulders o c, legs B, and key F, substantially as specified andshown.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.in the presence ot two witnesses.

JAMES H. MALLORY. Witnesses:

A. T. BLISS, O. D. PURDY.

